# Homemade Doner Kebab

This recipe guides you through making homemade doner kebab with ground beef, served with roasted vegetables and a creamy tahini sauce.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 lbs ground beef (80/20)
- 1 large onion, grated
- drizzle olive oil
- 2 tbsp paprika
- 1 tbsp salt
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp granulated garlic
- Serrano chilies
- 2 tomatoes, quartered
- 1 cup pure sesame paste
- 1 large garlic clove
- 1 lemon juice
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.75 cup ice-cold water

## Instructions

1. Add two pounds of ground beef into your bowl.
2. Take one large onion and run it through a food processor until it looks about right.
3. Add the processed onion with its liquid straight into the meat.
4. Add a drizzle of olive oil to the meat mixture.
5. Add paprika, salt, black pepper, and granulated garlic to the meat mixture.
6. Grab a glove and mix the meat mixture until it looks ready.
7. Grab one sheet of parchment paper.
8. Take a fourth of your meat and place it on top of the parchment paper.
9. Place another sheet of parchment paper on top of the meat.
10. Grab a rolling pin and flatten it out to almost paper thin.
11. Carefully remove the top sheet of parchment paper.
12. Roll up the sheet with the meat into a log.
13. Repeat the process for the remaining meat.
14. Grab a baking sheet and set your meat rolls right on top.
15. Add some spicy chilies and quartered tomatoes to the empty space on the baking sheet.
16. Drizzle olive oil over the chilies and tomatoes.
17. Place the baking sheet into the oven, preheated to 400 degrees, for about 20 minutes.
18. While the meat bakes, pour pure sesame paste into a bowl to make homemade tahini.
19. Add one Siamese twin garlic clove to the sesame paste.
20. Add freshly squeezed lemon juice to the mixture.
21. Add a little bit of salt and ice-cold water to the mixture.
22. Whisk everything together until the homemade tahini is smooth and creamy.
23. After 20 minutes, check the meat and remove any liquid from the baking sheet.
24. Place the baking sheet back into the oven for another 10 minutes.
25. After 10 minutes, remove the baking sheet from the oven and remove the parchment paper from the meat rolls.
26. Shred the cooked meat.
27. Serve some of the kebab on flatbread.
28. Add a few tomatoes and a couple of jalapeños on top of the kebab on the flatbread.
29. Roll up the flatbread to make a wrap and cut it in half.
30. Top the kebab wrap with some tahini.
31. Enjoy the doner kebab.

## Equipment

- bowl
- food processor
- glove
- parchment paper
- rolling pin
- baking sheet
- oven
- grater
- lemon squeezer
- whisk

## Tips

- Leftovers are incredible on salads.
- You can save the liquid from the baking sheet to reheat the kebab later.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRvYlxkj4Ga/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b455e489-6ea8-4607-b163-2e79b4557948
- Extracted: 2025-12-03

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